If you are like me and your ISP says you have a dynamic IP but your IP changes very rarely, then this is a brief guide on how you can get a nice new IP.
It may or may not work on your ISP, but it did on my cable ISP.

1) Change your MAC address.
Note that not all routers support this but most NICs [Ethernet cards] do.
This step needs to be done on the device that connects from your modem to the first networking device. If you have a network setup this will normally be a router or a wireless router, if you do not have a network this will be into the back of your PC into your NIC. [network interface card].
If you are using a router, this is as simple as logging into your router config page [see your manual for the address] and then going into the option to change your MAC address. [if yours dosen't support it, google for some 3rd-party software].
If you are connecting directly from your modem to your computer, follow these steps.
1) Open up Network Connections
2) Right click the connection you use for the internet and click Properties.
3) Click the Advanced tab and select MAC Address, Network Address or Locally Administered Address, click on it.
4) Enter your new MAC address in the Value box. A valid MAC address starts with 00 and has pairs of hex numbers [unless it already is dashed do not enter the dashes of your new MAC address].

Save everything, reboot your modem, router, and PC [if you changed it's MAC address] and enjoy.

If it doesn't work change everything back to how it was. That's why you should have noted how all the values were before you changed them. CompuForums is not responsible for any damage this causes - use at your own risk.

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